Psalm 68

Psalm 68

To the chief Musician, ^*A Psalm or Song of David.

¹Let ^aGod arise, let his enemies ^bbe scattered:

Let them also that hate him flee ^†before him.

^2cAs smoke is driven away, so drive them away:

^dAs wax melteth before the fire,

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

³But let ^ethe righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God:

Yea, let them ^†exceedingly rejoice.

⁴Sing unto God, ^fsing praises to his name:

^gExtol him that rideth upon the heavens

By his name ^hJAH, and rejoice before him.

⁵A ⁱfather of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,

Is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God ^ksetteth the ^lsolitary ^†in families:

^mHe bringeth out those which are bound with chains:

But ⁿthe rebellious ^odwell in a dry land.

⁷O God, ^pwhen thou wentest forth before thy people,

^qWhen thou didst march through ^rthe wilderness; Selah:

^8qThe earth shook, the heavens also dropped

At the presence of God: even ^sSinai itself was moved

At the presence of God, the God of Israel.

^9tThou, O God, didst ^†send a plentiful rain,

Whereby thou didst ^†confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

¹⁰Thy ^ucongregation hath dwelt therein:

Thou, O God, hast ^wprepared of thy goodness for the poor.

¹¹The Lord gave the word:

Great was the ^†company of those that published it.

^12xKings of armies ^†did flee apace:

And ^yshe that tarried at home ^zdivided the spoil.

¹³Though ye have lien among ^athe pots,

Yet shall ye be as the ^bwings of a dove covered with silver,

And her ^bfeathers with yellow gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty ^cscattered kings ^||in it,

It was white as snow in ^dSalmon.

¹⁵The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan;

An high hill as the hill of Bashan.

¹⁶Why ^eleap ye, ye high hills?

This is ^fthe hill ^gwhich God desireth to dwell in;

Yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

^17hThe chariots of God are ⁱtwenty thousand, ^||even thousands of angels:

The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

^18kThou hast ascended on high, ^lthou hast led captivity captive:

^mThou hast received gifts ^†for men;

Yea, for ⁿthe rebellious also, ^othat the ^pLord God might dwell among them.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,

Who daily loadeth us with benefits,

Even the God of our salvation. Selah.

²⁰He that is our God is the God of salvation;

And ^qunto God the Lord belong ^rthe issues from death.

²¹But ^sGod shall wound the head of his enemies,

And the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

²²The Lord said, I will bring ^tagain from Bashan,

I will bring my people again ^ufrom the depths of the sea:

^23xThat thy foot may be ^||dipped in the blood of thine enemies,

And ^ythe tongue of thy dogs in the same.

²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God;

Even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

^25zThe singers went before, ^athe players on instruments followed after;

Among them were the damsels ^bplaying with timbrels.

^26cBless ye God in the congregations,

Even the Lord, ^||from ^dthe fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is ^elittle Benjamin with their ruler,

The princes of Judah ^||and their council,

^fThe princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸Thy God hath ^gcommanded thy strength:

Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem

^hShall kings ⁱbring presents unto thee.

^30kRebuke ^||the ^lcompany of spearmen,

The multitude of ^mthe bulls, with the calves of the people,

Till every one ⁿsubmit himself with pieces of silver:

^||Scatter thou the people that delight in war.

³¹Princes shall come ^oout of ^pEgypt;

^pqEthiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

³²Sing unto God, ^rye kingdoms of the earth;

O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

³³To him that ^srideth upon ^tthe heavens of heavens, which were of old;

Lo, ^uhe doth ^†send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

^34vAscribe ye strength unto God:

His excellency is over Israel,

And ^whis strength is in the ^||xclouds.

³⁵O God, thou art ^yterrible ^zout of thy holy places:

The God of Israel is he

That giveth strength and power unto his people.

Blessed be God.